Health

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first new Alzheimer’s drug in decades over the objection of agency statisticians who said there was insufficient evidence to support approval, according to newly released internal memos.

Public health officials in the U.K. say they are increasingly confident that vaccines offer significant protection against the Delta variant of coronavirus, a hopeful sign as the highly transmissible strain spreads across the world.

The White House this week gave President Biden the greenlight to move forward with removing a Trump-era health care policy designed to bring down the price of insulin.

Anheuser-Busch plans to give out free beer to Americans over the drinking age of 21 if 70% of U.S. adults have received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine by July 4 in support of the White House administration’s campaign to encourage more people to get vaccinated.

American companies can require COVID-19 vaccines for individuals returning to the office the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Friday.

Working long hours is killing hundreds of thousands of people a year in a worsening trend that may accelerate further due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

Trader Joe's grocery stores will no longer be requiring masks for customers in like with guidance from the CDC.

Make telemedicine your first choice for most doctor visits. That’s the message some U.S. employers and insurers are sending with a new wave of care options.

Moderna Inc. CEO Stephane Bancel said Friday that the company is on track to produce 1 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine this year, but warned that with manufacturers producing large quantities, there could be an oversupply in 2022.

The disclosures show wealth built up by Purdue’s family owners, who have offered to pay $4.28 billion in a proposed bankruptcy deal

Four drugmakers helped cause the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing their drugs and downplaying their addictive risks, a lawyer for several California counties argued on Monday at the start of a multibillion-dollar trial.

The Biden administration is reportedly considering implementing a measure that would require cigarette companies to adjust the levels of nicotine contained in their products.

As more people get vaccinated against COVID-19, many are starting to feel safe enough to start traveling again. The Las Vegas Strip is already seeing that demand and hotels are needing to hire more staff, and fast.

Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat provides insight into the FDA recommending a "pause" of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after six instances of blood clotting in recipients.

The FDA and CDC will pause J&J's COVID-19 vaccine over links to blood clots in multiple women.

A South African girl born with the AIDS virus has kept her infection suppressed for more than eight years after stopping anti-HIV medicines.

Foes from left and right are using the delayed vote on the Republican health care bill to make it as politically toxic as possible for wavering GOP senators to support it.

Authorities have arrested at least 66 people in a European food scam which sold horse meat unfit for human consumption.

People with the skin disorder psoriasis will have another treatment option after U.S. regulators approved a new drug from Johnson & Johnson.

A House panel is again trying to exempt increasingly popular e-cigarettes from new Food and Drug Administration rules.